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Beyond 'Surprise or Satisfy' a New Theory of Performance

Professor David Owen Norris · Gresham College

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That the key to an audience's attention is to fulfil or frustrate its expectations is a theory first hinted at in 1752 by Charles Avison. David Owen Norris fleshes it out with examples, including the blind-folded cellist and an occasion when Sir Peter Pears sang Eugene Onegin. And he takes the theory further by gazing into a looking-glass.

The talk

  1. Beyond 'Surprise or Satisfy' a New Theory of Performance 2015-05-14 · YouTube

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Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor David Owen Norris
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Music
Source
Gresham College
Licence
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